CNN’s Kayyem: I Don’t Know if There’s a Direct Line Between the National Weather Service and Cuts and the Flooding, but This Is What Government Is for

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EXCERPT:

KAYYEM: “I think it’s wrong for Texas to blame the National Weather Service. And I think it’s premature for the president to say it wasn’t the National Weather Service. I will say one thing, though, and these cuts to the National Weather Service, to NOAA, to FEMA, the potential elimination of FEMA. We will miss them when they’re gone. I think we need to say that now. I don’t know if there’s a direct line between the National Weather Service and cuts and what happened, but this is what government is for. It’s to help people and prepare them for the damage and the devastation. And I hope Congress and the president reconsider these dramatic and deadly cuts that that are already in place, they’re going to happen. And I hope if there’s anything good coming out of this, we reassess our commitment to being ready.”